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The Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 26 brought a little more music into the lives of children in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.
Since December 2009, Super Shuttle drivers in Denver have sought to negotiate a fair contract. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) alleges that Super Shuttle has violated its own company policies by using legal maneuvers to delay the election, retaliate against union supporters by firing a worker and charging drivers more money to do their jobs—both actions which it reversed before facing a trial—and proposing a change in the way drivers are paid that would result in a 30% pay cut.
Flights were delayed more than five hours at the busy airports of the Northeast and most of Washington came to a stop Tuesday under a winter weather system that just won't quit.
Rescuers will resume their search Tuesday for a couple and four children who disappeared over the weekend in a remote area of northwest Nevada, local officials said.
In the current budget negotiations, federal government workers are once again being targeted as a way for extreme Republicans to try to "solve" a budget deficit "crisis" that isn't a crisis. Government employees didn't cause the budget deficit and they've given more than just about anyone in previous attempts to reduce the deficit, with three years of pay freezes, a lost week of pay during the government shutdown and increased pension payments for new employees. Now the congressional Budget Conference Committee is considering increasing pension payments for all government employees. In response, the AFGE says, "Enough is enough!"
FirstEnergy Corp.’s lockout of 150 utility workers in central Pennsylvania has stirred up a hornet’s nest that CEO Anthony Alexander already regrets.
Two pilots managed to land their jet safety after a blinding green laser was aimed at their cockpit on Monday night near an airport in Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Sherriff’s office said in a statement.
In another major step forward for the global movement to expand domestic workers' rights, Argentina last month ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 189 on domestic work, which extends fundamental labor rights to an estimated 53 million domestic workers worldwide.
Only 12% of the workforce has paid family leave. While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)—the nation’s only federal law designed to help working people meet the dual demands of job and family—has kept millions of people from losing their jobs when serious medical needs arise, it doesn’t cover 40% of people on the job. In addition, the FMLA only guarantees unpaid leave, which is unaffordable for many working women and families.
Montana State University has ordered members of an off-campus fraternity to attend classes on sexual assault prevention and imposed a ban on hard liquor there after a female student reported being raped at a frat house party where alcohol was served.
